Improvement in water-wheels



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N. FETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPMER, WASHINGTON, Dv C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

URIAH H. GOBLE, OF DUBUQUE, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WATER-WHEELS.

Speeiiication forming part of Letters Patent No. 50,928, dated November 14, 1865.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I/UEIAH H. GOELE, of Dubuque, in thecounty of Dubuque and State of Iowa, have invented a new and Improved Water-Wheel, and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact descrip tion thereof, which will enable those skilledin the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forn1- ing part ot' the specication, in which- Figure l is a vertical central section ot' my inventio11,takenin the line :1: sr, Fig. 2, Fig. 2, a plan or top view ot the saine; Fig. 3, a detached side view ot` the saine; Fig. 4, a detached plan or top view ofthe same.

Similar letters ot' reference indicate correA sponding parts.

This invention relates to a new and improved water-wheel ot' that class which are placed in a scroll and are on a vertical shaft, and are commonly termed horizontal 7 waterwheels.

The invention consists in a new form ot' bucket and its arrangement on the wheel, as hereinafterfullyshown and described, whereby it is believed that the direct force ofthe water and also its reacting force are obtained with a more favorable result than hitherto.

A represents lthe scroll in which thc wheel B is tted and works. The wheel B is connposed of a hub, a, of cylindrical form, irmly keyed on a shaft, b. and having buckets c attached. These buckets c have an inclined position, and are curved both longitudinally and transversely, the curvature beingsimilar to thethread of a screw, commonly termed spiral form. Theupper parts, l, of the buckets have their face sides concave, as shown in Fig. 4, and said upper parts are acted upon directly by the water, the latter, after thus acting and expendin g its force by impact, acting by gravity upon the upper surfaces, 2, ofthe buckets as it passes from them. The buckets extend down below the hub cot' the wheel and a ring, a', which encompasses their exterior, and the outer sides of the buckets below the ring a are inclosed,as shown at 3, Figs. l and 3; but the spaces between the lower ends of the buckets are open, as shown at 4, to admit of the free lateral escape ot" the water as it passes out from the buckets. The buckets incline the water to the outside ot' the wheel, thereby adding to the effective force of the water. By this form ofbucket, it is believed that the direct and reacting power of the Water is obtained in a more eminent degree than by other wheels ot' the same class, the water being allowed to act upon the buckets in the most eoient manner and to discharge itself 'readily from the wheel in passing out from the issues or lrom between the lower ends of the buckets. The scroll A forms a gradually-taperin g waterpassage all around the wheel, as will be understood by referring to Fig. 2, in which the position ofthe wheel is shown by dotted lines.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- A horizontal water-wheel provided with buckets c, which are curved spirally in the manner shown, so as to have a concave face side and an inclined surface both longitudinally and transversely, and projecting below the rim a/ of the wheel into the space inclosed by the curb in such a manner as to give the water a direction toward the outside of the wheel, substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.

URIAH H. GOBLE.

Witnesses:

J. OHEA GANTILLON, J. U. HAMMER. 

